** FILE ** In a file photo James Brown performs during the halftime show at Super Bowl XXXI Sunday, Jan. 26, 1997 in New Orleans. Brown, the dynamic, pompadoured "Godfather of Soul," whose rasping vocals and revolutionary rhythms made him a founder of rap, funk and disco as well, died early Monday, Dec. 25, 2006, his agent said. He was 73. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)